35.8% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Southport · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Southport
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than one third of residents in Southport were born overseas, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. While the population remains diverse, the proportion of people born abroad has fallen by 14 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 34.5% and Australian at 25.4%, followed by Irish, Scottish, and Chinese heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 35.8% of people born overseas, Southport is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Beside those born in Australia (57.1%), the most common birthplaces are New Zealand, England, China, and India.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30078/southport/topic/ancestry-heritage